GMs Harika Dronavalli of India and Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia tied for 1st at 1st Women’s World Online Blitz Championship. They both scored 13.5 / 18. Due to better tiebreaks, Dronavalli wins the title. Congratulations!
Cool to be uncool!
I am uncool, but I’m cool with that: Dronavalli Harika Rupam Jain, TNN | Jun 7, 2015, 03.14 PM IST Chess in India has a new poster girl. The 24-year-old Dronavalli Harika, who shot into reckoning with a silver...
Disappointing show for India given the missed opportunities
World Women Chess: Harika wins silver, bronze for Humpy Chengdu (China), 29 Apr 2015: D Harika and Koneru Humpy came up with fine individual performances to win silver and a bronze, respectively, even as the Indian eves finished fourth...
Harika vows to win world title
Dronavalli Harika vows to win world title Apr 14, 2015 – Vijay Anand | Hyderabad She may have done India proud by claiming a bronze medal at the recently-concluded World Women’s Chess Championships, but Dronavalli Harika will only be...
Koneru, Dronavalli win again at Tashkent Women’s GP
Round 10 results 12 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 ½ – ½ WGM Ju Wenjun 2535 11 1 GM Danielian Elina 2470 ½ – ½ WGM Girya Olga 2439 10 2 GM Koneru Humpy 2607 1 – 0 WGM Nakhbayeva...
Dronavalli catches Koneru for the Tashkent Women’s GP lead, Kosteniuk & Danielian lose again
Round 5 results 3 GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 1-0 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 12 4 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496 1/2 GM Koneru Humpy 2607 2 5 GM Dronavalli Harika 2475 1-0 GM Danielian Elina 2470 1 6 WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293 1-0 WGM...
Dedicating to 64 squares
Dedicating her life to 64 squares One of Dronavalli Harika’s strongest points is that she is fearless. Reputations do not matter to her. No wonder, she has a plus score in her head-to-head meetings with Humpy. That is something...
Back to the drawing board for the semifinalists
Miracles sometimes occur 15 playing days of World Women’s Chess Championship passed, 188 games have been played to determine the 2 strongest players out of starting 64. Anna Ushenina joined Antoaneta Stefanova in the final after winning the tie-break...
About the semifinalists
Antoaneta Stefanova While four semi-finalists decide their chess relationship, let’s get acquainted to them a little closer. The best Bulgarian women player was born on the 19th of April 1979 in Sofia in the family of the artist...
Dronavalli: This time I managed to get ready properly
The Indian player gave a press-conference after defeating Zhao Xue in the quarterfinal.– Harika, congratulations with winning a very tough match and advancing to the next stage! – Thank you very much! I advanced to the World Championship semifinal...